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Am I allowed to use any scripts that other people have made in my contest entry? For instance, I would like use Aron Granberg’s A\* pathfinding in my game.
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I’m totally new to Kongregate and I have the same question about the upcoming unity contest.
How strict is Kongregate about:
“…your Submission must be your original work…”
Does this forbid to use any content licensed under Creative Commons or similar “free” license?
And what’s about:
“…not including in your Submission any reference to any third party trademarks, names or third party logos or any copyrighted works, including music “samples;”…".
Does that also apply to trademarks which have nothing to do with IT, for example a sport label that has explicitly allowed me to use their logos?
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Hello, i had a similar question and i sent a message to the Help section. they replied:
My Question:
Hello again, i’d like to ask something about the Unity Contest, is it okay to use free music and arts? let’s say the ones from the FreeSoundProject? and Free textures from CGTextures?
The Answer:
I’m not familiar with the licenses on those sites. If the license is one that allows you to use the resources for commercial use (which this would be) then it is fine. However, if it is a non-commercial license then you would not be able to use them in this contest. You need to carefully read the rules associated with the content that you wish to use.
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I’m no expert, but I also believe using other people’s scripts if perfectly fine. The example you gave of A\*; I know that the A\* method is very common and used in thousands of games. As long as the final product is distinctly yours, I believe you can do whatever you’d like in that regard.
As for public facing issues, like music, graphics, etc., the same rules would apply whenever making a commercial game. Read the license agreements from where ever you get the content.
Again, I’m not an expert, nor do I speak for Kongregate. I’m just a guy with some experience in this area.
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khanstruct, I’d love to believe that about using A\*, but apparently it’s under creative commons attribution-non commercial license. As rebellion posted, if the contest is considered a commercial use, then Aron Granberg’s A\* system would be off limits. I am still waiting for a response from kongregate support regarding this. I just started with unity the day I heard about the contest, and have never attempted pathfinding before, so it is eating up a lot of time trying to make my own solution that I would be happy with. Waypoints and ray/line casting can be used for a rudimentary pathfinding solution.
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Actually, the creative commons license conditions specific to Aron’s A\* system allows the attribution and non-commercial conditions to be waived by the copyright holder. Hopefully he will waive those conditions for me for the contest.
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